Word: swiftly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Streptomycin quickly proved its value against many forms of tuberculosis, but one of the deadliest held out against the wonder drug: tuberculous meningitis. A particular enemy of children (its bacilli attack the covering of the brain and spinal column), tuberculous meningitis used to mean swift and almost certain death; the few survivors were hopelessly crippled. Now, the U.S. Public Health Service reports, the death rate has been cut almost in half, and the damage to survivors greatly reduced...
With experienced and swift Charlie Curtis relegated largely to defensive duties. Tom (no relation) Collins is Dartmouth's leading left half. Only five pounds heavier than his namesake, he is an entirely different type of runner--a heavy-duty ball carrier who serves on quick-openers through the line. Behind him is a slightly slower man named Russ Small...
Justice in Judge McCarthy's court was breezy, informal and swift. As an appellate judge observed: "There was some bad law practiced in Joe's court, and there were some good decisions-which is what happens in all lower courts." When he went on the bench, Joe practically memorized the three volumes of Jones's rules of evidence. He always made a great show of citing his reasons for a ruling, was rarely reversed. Curiously, Senator McCarthy seems never to have understood the spirit of fair play behind the rules that Judge McCarthy memorized...
...harder, better and in larger numbers than ever. On three successive days last week the sky over northwestern Korea was full of battling jets. On the biggest day, more than 250 planes-150plus MIGs and about 100 U.S. Sabres and British Meteors-tangled in four separate dogfights in the swift, new-style warfare in which fighters have one whooshing chance at each other, and seconds later are miles apart. Red losses for the three days: 5 planes destroyed, 2 probably destroyed, 19 damaged. U.N. losses: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged...
...Formally added to the dictionary of officialese. Said one minister: "Now, when we disagree sharply with another delegate, we can say: 'I'll give you a swift kick in your infrastructure...